So I had to go dig find out where the money is. There was an increase in funds. though that project is being put to the side. So it's like the the more I ask, the more I get, the more questions I have. And so unless I'm actually identifying certain projects with you folks and saying, "Okay, what about this project? Okay, what about the baseball field? Okay, what about this building?" Then it's like I I'm not getting the entire report of where the funding for CIP is just just in my community. Um I get a very general report and that doesn't help me. as example, Papa Hano Kayona, which the property is right now um being purchased uh through DOE. If it wasn't for me hounding the department on where the process is at with that school and the purchase of this property, now this school is right now being housed temporarily in a KS facility.
I just don't know how many people watch the meetings. So, I was just thinking >> it doesn't matter. It's still we put it out there. They they either decide to watch it or not. But, I mean, at least there's if they're watching it, I I know, you know, who knows? But >> it also provides the board a select board to discuss and understand and ask questions in a public forum you know um so I think that that's helpful or like if there's an issue like let's say one of us is a new leaison to one of the committees and maybe someone else has more experience working with that particular board like that that's helpful to the board itself that helps us you know and that helps us help the the board that we're assigned to too I think that I think that conversation is is valuable for for understanding, you know, >> an engagement engagement, >> just general board engagement.
As far as school climate, our class coins continue to be successful. Uh it's kind of a caught being good where the students get a coin in the cafeteria if they're being respectful or doing what they need to do. And you know, it's funny because I always walk by with my pocket jingling with the coins and students are always like, "Oh, oh, here. Let me pick out that piece of trash." You know, let me have that coin. So each kid gets the coin, they give it to their home room little jars. The little jars get emptied out into our big whole school jar that was completely filled just before the break and we had a PJ stuffy day as the whole school reward. So, kids love that. Uh, our monthly whole school pause assemblies that lead into the Cubs clubs continue to be really I mean I love them.
So instead of turning them off, you have to turn them on. So everything comes default off just like audio because every state has different compliances for audio. Our cameras have the ability for that. That's all off. And to John's point, it's all um organizational admins that have the ability to change that, but you need two of them and there's an auto log on that. So if there's any mal play or foul play, the whole board and everyone will be able to see. And then for the community members, because again, I'm a parent as well, if there was ever an incident where video is needed to be shared with law enforcement or parents, you can selectively blur specific people in it to protect other student and parent privacy. Very, very important. That was a big feature request in 2019. So customers that bought our camera system, for example, to John's point, received that feature automatically.
They have to break down and set up every single day. So if it wasn't for me hounding the department to find out where exactly this is, everybody was just waiting for the next person, but nobody was talking to each other, right? So So this is why it's so important for us to get the data that we need so we can follow up to see where things are at. Is it at the AG's office? Is it with facilities? Where is this thing at? And I don't know unless I start asking question. I can only imagine on a statewide level the frustration that our chair is at having to look at all of these reports where I'm just asking for the basic stuff. Um, and again, I'm trusting the information you guys are giving me is accurate and then I get asked questions and then I find out that these projects are not on the reports you guys are giving me.
So, >> am I understanding? So what we'll do is have a a standing item on the agenda you know um committee updates committee leaison updates and then it would be our responsibility to to make sure that we list the committees that we are just put them on there. I mean, I guess one way to simplify it a little bit, maybe we only do it, we have two meetings a month. Wait, maybe we do all of our committee updates at one meeting. >> No, >> you know, I I I liked your original suggestion better just because like again, timing could be, you know, timing is tricky, right? And I I would prefer to be able to discuss like like I said immediately or as soon as possible if something like if I need to talk to the board about something or if I need to ask questions or get clarification on something like I'd rather be able to take it to to to the board soon.
We have the K2 and we have the 35 and we really focus on a specific area in the school and just here's the expectation in the cafeteria. Here's what it looks like. We're going to do bathrooms. Here's what it looks like. classrooms, hallways, specials, recess uh in the classrooms, classroom charters, mood meters are visible, common PBIS rewards. Now, not to be confused with PBIS, the PBIS rewards referral system is the data software that we use uh for discipline referrals. So, they can and the nice thing about the PBS PBIS rewards, our teachers track the minor and the major behaviors. So the major behaviors come straight to administration. We see it, it goes right to our emails. Whichever one of us handle the situation, we do our due diligence. We do the investigation. We do the parent communication and we complete the close the communication loop because we fill out the PBS rewards.
So that's another important thing I just wanted to highlight that there is a lot of great things for this. I understand the world that we're living in today with facial recognition and that sounds very scary and less than 5% I asked this. So less than 5% of the people at the airport actually say no to the facial recognition. You don't have to actually have your picture taken. So just wanted to say that. >> So if I could add really quickly too. So there is the slip and fall feature that identifies if someone goes down. So like a medical emer emergency or something. Another one they offer though too that comes with it is when someone hops a fence. So we had issues in the past with people hopping the fence at the courtyard and going and stealing um catalytic converters. This would identify that someone hey someone just hopped the fence and can notify and fighting too.
So then I got to ask for more work. >> So Senator, thank you. Um I just want to clarif clarify for for my own sake that the um uh program that you had just referenced is is is the Alps program correct that's how's that it's not it's not a school it's right it's Alps program and that I I believe facilities is engaged um with the land owner um in uh securing that that parcel uh but we will get you an update on where we are with that parcel we are working with the I believe with the office of the attorney general working with the landlord to secure that. >> Yeah. So, what I was saying was that it was sitting on somebody's desk until I started calling around to see whose desk it was. So, to be fair, in the work that I am doing, had you guys had not pursued it, it would just still be sitting there.
>> So so our agenda setting meetings are the Wednesday before our like are off Wednesdays basically. So if you think you're going to have a meeting that you're going to attend before that Wednesday before before our next meeting. You need to let people know by you need to let the chair >> I think we just put it on there. >> Yeah, we just check the calendar. You know, if the po if the meeting's posted, you just pull it into the agenda. >> Well, but I think it has to be I like I think we're going to have to drive what goes on that agenda. So, if you're if you know you're going to be going to a historical commission meeting in a week, >> put it on the next agenda. just say, "Hey, you know, I want to talk." Just have it on there because if we're like searching the calendar, it depends on when things get posted and everything else.
Now the teachers instantly know what happened instead of geez, we sent him there. What happened? Did Did they do anything? What what's happening here? Uh as far as the spiritware, that was part of our survey that our staff wanted some good high quality spiritware. And it's actually a former student who now has this spiritware clothing line. Some nice little class embroidered uh gear that the our staff are wearing and they love it. So we'll have another order coming up. Uh they do once a month they have the volleyball games and most recently we just started our secret pals. There's about 50 of us involved and for the next two months every Friday we're just going to do something nice for our secret pal. Last Friday I had a peanut butter cup sitting on my desk which was nice. I can't tell you what I did for my secret pal or else they're going to know that I'm their secret pal.
So there's a fighting ability to identify if there's fighting as well. >> Yeah. >> Last thing I'll say is to again this think of Blockbuster going to Netflix. That is what the technology is shifting from in terms of searching for things versus fast forward and rewind. Everyone remembers that you get penalized if you don't return it to Blockbuster Rewindound. A lot of people don't know what I'm talking about. Some do. But now it's you can jump to episode 4 season 5 and instead of a day you can find the entire investigation given it to police in less than a minute if you have the identified person.
Well, right now, I don't need an update because I'm already making the contacts myself. So, if I didn't step in and start pushing things and making sure it was moving forward, I got to talk to the seller. I got to talk to the attorney general's office. I got to talk to DOE. I got to talk to all these different moving parts just to make sure that the funds are secure and we're able to get these students into their own facility. Right now, the school is maxed out. There is a desperate need for this program to this has to happen. And so I cannot rely on you guys. Yes. >> And wait for you guys to get back to me. I got to make the call. >> Facilities has as as I know as far as I know, Senator, facilities have been working diligently on that project throughout.
Like >> I was thinking most of the most things are standard meetings, right? Most of the committees have a standard meeting time. So I was just thinking we could follow that not that way nobody has to look and see. >> It would just be standardized. >> I would say let's double check with Susan, right? How easy would be would it be for her >> that's a great idea >> to say okay on the first meeting of the month and the third meeting of the month >> based on that is it easy for her to look at the calendar and say >> what >> yeah and once you do it once you don't have >> and they can sit on the meeting agendas unless there's a special meeting. >> Yeah. Sus Susan >> she probably knows them off the top of >> I was going to say Susan's there.
For student family engagement, our concerts and classroom celebrations always really well attended. In fact, our band concert, so many kids participate, we had to move it to the gym because it's the only place that can house all short of coming to the high school, but we really want to have it at our school. Uh so our gym housed that. It was an awesome concert uh band. And then our classroom celebrations all week. We've got like 15 20 parents coming in during the day, which is amazing. other activities. In December, we had the night of lights. We had 250 maybe 300 people. We had 30 plus cars uh decorated by individuals and businesses, hot cocoa serve. So, that was just a great time to be part of class. We have our class variety show coming up. We have our class art show coming up. Uh I highly recommend coming to coming to see both.
So very powerful things that can truly and have saved lives that I wish I can share in front of everyone but happy to address any questions. And Darren here is from the technical side as well. So please I want everyone to feel comfortable. >> Right. Thanks. I got a laundry list. I'll try and make it short. First of all, thank you, John. Um, I do know that we all came into this with uh good intentions and I appreciate very much the community coming out and saying, "Hey, there's something we need to talk about here." So, thank you guys for that. Um, so first of all, this is a subscription service. We're buying the hardware. The subscription recurring payment is for just for the storage. >> So, in this instance, we bought the whole package. So, it >> What does that mean? So, we bought the the hardware, the cameras, the 10-year subscription, the um >> subscription to what >> to because it's a cloud a cloud service.
Um there are there were some challenges uh that um related to remediation and such. I believe that uh um the our our facilities office was going through in working with the land owner. So um but I do know that they're diligently working at it. So we will get definitely >> well they're diligently working at it now to be fair they weren't because one party is waiting for the other party which I understand everybody has things that they're doing but what I'm saying is is when you folks tell us we will get that to you. I I your word doesn't mean anything to me anymore. I got to go pursue it. I got to make phone calls. I don't even know the people that I'm calling but I'm trying to figure out what's happening with this school that funding was appropriated like four years ago. Uh, so they're on it now, but to be fair, when I stepped in, nobody was moving things around.
Susan do you have any any words of wisdom? Not not all boards have a set schedule. >> A lot of times it depends upon what they have going on. >> The other thing is I don't know who sits on what group. So if I was going to put that Claudia was going to update, I don't know what committee she is. The >> I don't think you need to put the person. I think it's I think what we're saying is just >> Yeah. No person needed and and you there's a spreadsheet with all our names on it. So if everybody sends me the group or the groups that have liaison, I can then plug it into the tracker and we can go from there. >> Perfect. I think it's on this there's >> it's in the share drive. >> I'm going to just share it with you.
They're awesome. Uh the class art show, our our school becomes a museum and each wing features grade level artwork. I am in CK home resources uh continue to be shared through the class chronicles uh and parent square communication or there it is consistent communication parent square has been a game changer quite frankly I mean it's just so easy click of a button you reach everybody uh class chronicles goes out twice a month one edition the edition just came out today um and then our class connects that's the what I put out every six days for staff uh so they know what's going on in the building so that's Those have all been real game changers I think for communication which was always a a issue at our building especially with a building that's as huge as ours. And then going into the school climate improvement plan and a lot of uh like Mark and Dean said a lot of what we do for our school improvement plan translates into the school climate improvement plan.
So, um the so the cameras record into the camera, but it also then copies into the cloud. >> Okay. >> And then the searching and stuff, I believe, works in the cloud as well. So, it's a cloud service as well, right? So the the the package is for the entire thing is for the cameras, 10 years of of service, 10 years of uh of being able to utilize the cameras and then also 247 support as well. So it's a onetime payment. There's no recurring payment where it's done in that's it for 10 years. >> Unlimited storage. So to John's point on servers, the cameras hold the storage individually and then when you save something, it's saved in the archive which is on AWS. So our platform is built on Amazon Web Services. So behind their security protocol as well. So you can save unlimited amount of video.